promising debut album was titled because instead of being recorded in her native Sweden, it was done in Copenhagen with Danish players. But most of the time, this risk-taking CD sounds like it could have been recorded in New York or Chicago. Though slight traces of a Scandinavian accent come through on occasion, often sounds like she could be African-American. The jazz singers she brings to mind include and , and phrasing also gives the impression she has much spent time listening to a lot of 1970s and 1980s R&B. But while comparisons are well and good, never sounds like she's actually emulating anyone. Whether the impressionistic post-bop singer is interpreting the lyrics to "Never Will I Marry" and "Wives and Loves" or scatting on her wordless "Competition," is clearly the work of someone who had developed a recognizable style of her own. ~ Alex Henderson